As preparations are finalized for Super Bowl XLVII and Mardi Gras, the
City of New Orleans Emergency Medical Services (NOEMS), an award
winning, internationally recognized EMS agency, and Physio-Control, the
world’s leading provider of emergency medical response technologies,
announced that NOEMS is implementing Physio-Control solutions as a part
of its overall efforts to help ensure effective emergency medical
response during the events and beyond. NOEMS has implemented the
Physio-Control LIFENET® System, a cloud-based data network
providing EMS and hospital teams with tools to improve heart attack
patient outcomes. In addition, NOEMS has put fifteen new state-of-the
art LIFEPAK® 15 monitor/defibrillators into service and has
deployed the LUCAS® 2 Chest Compression System system-wide to
respond to the expected increase in 911 emergency calls during the
back-to-back events.

LUCAS 2 Chest Compression System (Photo: Business Wire)

Super Bowl XLVII marks the tenth time New Orleans has hosted the
National Football League's championship game, to be held on February 3
at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Roughly 73,000 spectators are expected
to attend the game in-person, however, hundreds of thousands of fans and
revelers are expected to participate in Super Bowl and Mardi Gras events
leading up to and following the game at venues that stretch from the
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, to the Superdome, the French Quarter
and elsewhere. Mardi Gras festivities begin with the first parade on
January 25 and run through Fat Tuesday on February 12.

“New Orleans EMS is excited to partner with Physio-Control to strengthen
our comprehensive plan for improving cardiac care in our city.
Implementing the LIFENET System and the LIFEPAK 15 and LUCAS 2 devices
into our EMS system will enhance the care that we provide to our
patients,” said Jeffrey M. Elder, MD, Director of EMS, NOEMS.

NOEMS has extensive experience providing EMS services for large scale
events, providing medical care to the influx of spectators, athletes and
media, as well as New Orleans’ existing population of more than 350,000.
NOEMS began planning for the Super Bowl more than a year ago, sending
staff to observe EMS operations at last year’s host city, Indianapolis.
NOEMS subsequently implemented a robust plan, including adding staff to
operate in the hospitality zone 24 hours/day and to respond to increased
911 call volumes. In addition, NOEMS is partnering with other regional
EMS providers to deliver support during the events. All NOEMS resources
will be deployed at strategic locations during the events, including:

Special response / ATV vehicles equipped with ACLS medications and
equipment; used to extract injured or sick from areas inaccessible to
full-size vehicles

NOEMS implemented Physio-Control solutions as part of a systems-based
approach to improving emergency medical care. Together, the LIFENET
System, LIFEPAK 15 and LUCAS 2 devices give EMS teams the most
clinically innovative and operationally effective tools for treating a
variety of life-threatening emergencies. NOEMS selected the LIFENET
System for its ability to provide EMS and hospital care teams with tools
for quick, reliable access to critical patient and device data,
resulting in improved patient care, ongoing process improvement, and
greater operational efficiency. NOEMS chose the 15 for its
ability to escalate energy up to 360 joules for
difficult-to-defibrillate patients, while LUCAS 2 was selected for its
ability to provide high-quality, continuous chest compressions and help
improve outcomes for sudden cardiac arrest victims.

“Delivering emergency services during an event the scale of the Super
Bowl and Mardi Gras combined is a monumental undertaking few EMS systems
are capable of,” said Brian Webster, president and CEO, Physio-Control.
“Physio-Control has a long-standing partnership with New Orleans EMS,
one of the top EMS systems in the country. We are committed to support
their emergency response efforts during these events and in the future.”

About New Orleans EMS

NOEMS mission is to provide the highest quality pre-hospital emergency
care to individuals living in and visiting New Orleans. NOEMS serves the
city by operating between 10 to 12 advanced life support units at peak
hours. These ambulances are staffed with close to 150 full-time and
part-time employees made up of EMT-paramedics, EMT-basics and a Board
Certified Emergency Medicine Physician. In addition to routine emergency
services, New Orleans EMS also has a special operations division that
includes bike medics, tactical paramedics and medics trained in swift
water rescue.

About Physio-Control

Physio-Control, Inc. is headquartered in Redmond, Washington. The
company operates in over 100 countries and is the world’s leading
provider of professional emergency medical response solutions. To learn
more visit www.physio-control.com
or call 1-800-442-1142.

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